University of Belgrade - Institute for Multidisciplinary Research

National Institute of the Republic of Serbia

Jelena Senćanski

PhD in Physicochemical Sciences

Research Associate

Address: Volgina 15, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Telephone: (+381) 11 2085 032

Research area

The electrochemical extraction of rare metals from tailing leached solutions and the application of the metal obtained in synthetic components as an ecologically acceptable power source, Li-ion batteries; synthesis of nano-materials, the characterization of harmful additives (dyes) used in the food processing industry.

Skills

Cyclic voltammetry, potentiodynamic polarization, chronopotentiometry, FTIR, ICP, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (Graphite furnace, Flammable and Hydride techniques), WordPress and Access databases

  • Biography
  • Projects
  • Selected publications

1. Work experience:

  • 2025 – present, Research Associate, University of Belgrade – Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia
  • 2018 – 2025: Research Associate, Institute of General Physical Chemistry
  • 2011 – 2018: Associate Researcher, Institute of General Physical Chemistry

2. Education:

  • 2017 – PhD in Electrochemistry and the Re-synthesis of Materials, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade
  • 2010 – MSc in the Application of Databases to Characterize Materials
  • 2009 – BSc in Physical Chemistry

3. Awards and certificates:

  • The best poster award
    Jelena V. Senćanski, Ivana B. Stojković-Simatović, Stevan N. Blagojević, Milica M. Nešović, Milica J. Vujković, Re-synthesizing cathode material from spent Li-ion batteries and its examination in an aqueous solution of NaNO3, in: 1st International Conference on Advanced Production and Processing 2019, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, Serbia, October 10-11, 2019, Book of Abstracts p. 151, ISBN 978-86-6253-102-5.

4. Other professional activities:

  • Review in the Journal of Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis
  • Also carried out the review of the project proposal: SERBIAN SLOVAK BILATERAL PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR PERIOD 2024-2025.

Current:

  • REASONING https://reasoning.rgf.bg.ac.rs PRIZMA Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, 2024-, Prof. dr. Vladimir Simić

Past:

  • Li-ion Batteries and Fuel Cells – Research and Development, Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, 2010- 2019, Prof. dr. Slavko Mentus
  1. Jelena Sencanski, Nenad Nikolić, Zoran Nedić, Jelena Maksimović, Stevan Blagojević, and Maja Pagnacco. “Natural Pigment from Madder Plant as an Eco-Friendly Cathode Material for Aqueous Li and Na-Ion Batteries.” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 168, no. 10 (2021): 100535.
  2. Jelena V. Senćanski, Milica J. Vujković, and Ivana B. Stojković-Simatović. “The electrochemical behaviour of re-synthesized cathode material from spent Li-ion batteries in an organic electrolyte.” Tehnika 73, no. 2 (2018): 181-185.
  3. Nataša Sarap, Jelena Senćanski, Maja C. Pagnacco, Marija M. Janković, Dragana Todorović, and Divna M. Majstorović. “Radioactivity level and concentration of metals in waters around power plants application of potential method for pollution assessment.” Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection 33, no. 1 (2018): 117-124.
  4. Nemanja Stanisavljević, Jelena Savić, Živko Jovanović, Jovanka Miljuš-Đukić, Jelena Senćanski, Mladen Simonović, Svetlana Radović, Dragan Vinterhalter, and Branka Vinterhalter. “Fingerprinting of the antioxidant status in Alyssum markgrafii shoots during nickel hyperaccumulation in vitro.” Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 40, no. 6 (2018): 1-10.
  5. Jelena Senćanski, Milica Vujković, Ivana B. Stojković, Divna Majstorović, Danica Bajuk-Bogdanović, Ferenc Pastor, and Slavko Mentus. “Recycling of LiCo0.59 Mn0.26 Ni0.15O2 cathodic material from spent Li-ion batteries by the method of the citrate gel combustion.” Hemijska industrija 71, no. 3 (2017): 211-220.
  6. Jelena Senćanski, Danica Bajuk-Bogdanović, Divna Majstorović, Elena Tchernychova, Jelena Papan, and Milica Vujković. “The synthesis of Li (CoMnNi) O2 cathode material from spent-Li ion batteries and the proof of its functionality in aqueous lithium and sodium electrolytic solutions.” Journal of Power Sources 342 (2017): 690-703.